Pound Synonyms and Antonyms

pound
To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beat
  2. hammer
  3. pulsate
  4. forge
  5. lumber
  6. crush
  7. pulverize
  8. thump
Antonyms:
  1. give up
To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beat
  2. palpitate
  3. pulsate
  4. pulse
  5. throb
Measure of weight
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sixteen ounces
  2. bang
  3. blow
  4. clout
  5. troy-pound
  6. crack
  7. hit
  8. lick
  9. slug
  10. sock
  11. avoirdupois-pound
  12. swat
  13. thwack
  14. welt
  15. whack
  16. lbf
  17. lb
  18. wham
  19. commercial pound
  20. whop
  21. bash
  22. biff
  23. bop
  24. clip
  25. wallop
  26. pint
  27. belt
  28. conk
  29. paste
Kennel
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. coop
  2. beat
  3. clunk
  4. doghouse
  5. British pound
  6. Irish pound
  7. thud
  8. quid
  9. cage
  10. British pound sterling
  11. thump
  12. Irish punt
  13. pound-sterling
  14. punt
To fix (an idea, for example) in someone's mind by reemphasis and repetition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. drill
  2. drive
  3. implant
  4. impress
  5. inculcate
  6. instill
The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Sudanese pound
  2. Lebanese pound
The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Egyptian pound
  2. Syrian pound
The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Cypriot pound
Place or shut up in a pound
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. impound
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hammer
  2. Ezra Pound
  3. hammering
  4. pounding
  5. ezra loomis pound
Partition off into compartments
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pound off
Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pound up
A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dog-pound
To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beat
A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pound sign

Words Related to Pound

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Pound Sentence Examples

  • Sofia wanted to pound Jake's face in.

  • There was something else in her eyes that made his blood pound harder.

  • Fred shrugged as he continued to pound away at the keys.

  • This fund is raised by the rate of 6d.in the pound on the assessable value of the county of London, and redistributed among the boroughs in proportion to their population.

  • Foreign gold coins, especially the pound sterling (par value 110 piastres) and the French 20-franc piece (par value 872 piastres) have free currency.

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